Indicating character.



No. 776,182. PATENTED NOV. 29, 1904.

J. E. HOSMER.

INDIGATING CHARACTER.

. APPLICATION FILED 4110.4, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 29, 1904.

JOHN E. HOSMER, OF SILVERTON, OREGON.

INDICATING CHARACTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 776,182, dated November 29, 1904.

Original application filed February 13, 1904:, Serial No. 193 ,426. Divided and this application filed August 4, 1904. Serial No. 219.574.

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To all whom it 777/01] concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. HOSMER, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Silverton, county of Marion, and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Indicating Characters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to indicating characters adapted for attachment to any suitable support; and the present application is a division of my copending application, Serial No. 1953, 126, filed February 13, 1904, in connection with the chart on which the invention is particularly adapted for use, but is not necessarily so restricted.

The object of this invention is to provide a character to which is secured attaching means whereby the character may be attached and removed at will and placed in different positions upon a support.

A further object of the invention is the novel way in'which the fastening-points are secured to the body of the character.

The invention consists in a body representing any suitable character and means secured thereto which is adapted to stick to a support and hold the character so as to be visible to a number of persons; and it further consists in the novel features and combination of parts,

which will be more fully hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a per- Fig. 2 is a longi:

tudinal section thereof, and Fig. 3 is a detail perspective showing the parts separated.

Referring more specially to the drawings, 7 represents the body of the device, which is provided with apertures 8, through which a metallic band 9 is passed and clenched to the opposite side, as shown in Fig. 2. This metallic band 9 is provided with apertures 10, through which a sharply-pointed staple 11 is adapted to pass and be held in engagement with the body of the character by the pressure exerted upon clenching the band 9. This sharp-pointed staple is adapted to be forced into a support to which it is desired to attach the character. Thus it will be seen that these characters may be placed upon the support, removed at will, and placed in different positions, which will enable the teacher or operator to change from one piece of music or one sentence or any given number of numerals or characters to any change which he may wish to make, or a sign for-advertising purposes could be changed from one readable sentence to any other which might be desired.

I have shown the characters herein to be made of leather; but this may be varied, and characters of tin, celluloid, or any other semiflexible or stiff material might be employed without materially altering the scope of the invention. What I do claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An indicating character comprising a body having an aperture, and means for at-.

taching said body to a support comprising a member, a fastener passing through the aperture and securing the member to the body, and an independent pointed attaching-pin secured to the body by the member aforesaid.

2. An indicating character comprising a body having an aperture and means for attaching said body to a support comprising a member, a fastener passing through the aperture and securing the member to the body, and an independent attaching device having a portion passing through an aperture in the member aforesaid and held in engagement with the body by said member.

3. An indicating character comprising a body having apertures, a band having portions passed through the apertures and securing the band to the body, and a pointed attaching member passed through apertures in said band and projecting therefrom and held by said band in engagement with the body.

4. An indicating character comprising a body, a band secured to said body, and a staple having its yoke held to the body by the band and its legs passed through independent openings in the band and projecting therefrom.

5. An indicating character comprising a adapted to support the character upon a surbody having apertures, a member provided face. 10 with portions Which project through said ap- In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my ertures, and clench upon the opposite side, signature in presence of tWo witnesses.

said member being provided With holes, and JOHN E. HOSMER.

a staple entering said holes and projecting Witnesses:

therethrough and held in engagement with PERRY BURCH,

the body by said member, said staple being J os. BAUMGARTNER. 

